Decision details

The Collyhurst and Moston Boxing has designed and delivered a behaviour and attitude intervention curriculum for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds who are at risk in Greater Manchester Primary Schools. Building upon this work, the Collyhurst and Moston Boxing club wants to consolidate its offer to primary schools in the remainder of the academic year. This will mean providing bespoke intervention programmes agreed between the school and this boxing club. The intervention programme will take place on the school site and will involve no off-site activity.

The VRU wishes to fund Collyhurst and Moston Boxing Club to support the delivery of this project in 2024/25. As the Collyhurst and Moston boxing club engages in a range of activities to support young people, the VRU has undertaken a due diligence exercise and has highlighted areas where action is needed to ensure compliance with HSE, Safeguarding and Fire Safety regulations.


What’s the activity?

For the academic year 2024 to 2025 the VRU will contribute to funding a programme for primary schools, where levels of social deprivation and disadvantage are high. Specifically, this will target persistent absentees and those at risk of exclusion, in year 6.

A non-contact boxing programme and fitness activities to increase better being secondary ready because attitudes are positive to learning and working with peers from various backgrounds.
VRU funding will increase capacity to provide a community offer for secondary aged pupils who have a clearly identified need. This will take place in the Boxing Club.
VRU funding will help with the management of monitoring and evaluation costs. This funding would cover the following gaps and barriers which include;

• Year 2 tracking of Year 7 students at Manchester Communication
Academy to evaluate deeper and long-term impact.
• Monitoring and Evaluation of new 2024/25 young people
• Increasing capacity (delivery & equipment) within our community referral only programme to accommodate those who are at the highest risk of school exclusion linked to behaviour, violence and or those on the periphery of crime

What is the intended impact of this project?

A reduction in persistent absence and fewer exclusions will have a strong influence on the well-being of pupils because:
• More pupils will be in lessons so that less time is wasted catching up
• More pupils will be better equipped to manage their mental health individually and better equipped to handle working relationships with peers
• More pupils better placed to deal with stressful situations because they are better informed to process their feelings and to deal with decisions made by others.

The GM VRU awards £4,990 via a grant funding agreement to Collyhurst & Moston Boxing club in Oct 2024 to fund activity for the remainder of the 24/25 academic year.